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'''Hikikomori''' is Japanese for  "pulling inward, being confined". More accurately, 'extreme hermit', or 'shut-in'. The term usually refers to the alarmingly large societal trend in Japan of infantilization and people staying in their rooms all day relying on parents for support.  Usually Hikikomori usually ends badly as after the parent dies, the dependent adult has few real life skills, and no means to make money.  Suicide and/or murder after the death of parents is relatively common.  An estimated half a million young Japanese are extreme hermits dependent on parents.